Re:What happens if you mistakenly apply for British citizens...
by psergeant on Saturday August 18, 2018 @10:43AM
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> The rules aren’t meant to be bent
British law is full of opportunities for rules to be bent in the pursuit of justice and common sense.
> if Lucas made a mistake in filing the wrong paperwork, it absolutely makes sense for the consequences to follow
Do you pay British tax? I think you’d be hard-pushed to find even the most ardent anti-immigration Britisher saying they thought this was a good use of their tax pounds and the Home Office’s time.
> the law was clear, and any emotional appeal should be invalid
Said no jurisprudence scholar, ever. There’s a reason that strict liability crimes are so limited in number, why judges in the UK have considerable leeway in sentencing, and so on.
British law is full of opportunities for rules to be bent in the pursuit of justice and common sense.
> if Lucas made a mistake in filing the wrong paperwork, it absolutely makes sense for the consequences to follow
Do you pay British tax? I think you’d be hard-pushed to find even the most ardent anti-immigration Britisher saying they thought this was a good use of their tax pounds and the Home Office’s time.
> the law was clear, and any emotional appeal should be invalid
Said no jurisprudence scholar, ever. There’s a reason that strict liability crimes are so limited in number, why judges in the UK have considerable leeway in sentencing, and so on.